The violence is the sixth mass killing this month and comes in a year when the nation was shaken by the deaths of 21 in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Articles Tagged: Hate crimes
Local Government Sep. 30, 2021 4:34 pm488d ago
The Johnson County Interfaith Coalition approached the city in June 2020 requesting the ordinance modeled after one in Iowa City.
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Crime and Courts Aug. 19, 2021 3:23 pm530d ago
Nebraska and Iowa have seen a rise in hate crimes in recent years, most of which have been committed on the basis of race and ethnicity, according to the FBI.
Crime and Courts Aug. 19, 2021 3:24 pm530d ago
Nicole Poole Franklin has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes for intentionally driving her SUV into two children two years ago in Des Moines because she said she thought one was Mexican and the other was a member of the Islamic State group.